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Published in final edited form as: Mutat Res. 2019 Feb 10;781:186–206. doi: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2019.02.001

Table 7.

Comparison of current meta-analysis to other published meta-analyses

Studies Current Meta-Analysis
Schinasi and Leon [25]a
IARC [22]
Chang and Delzell [26]a, b
with AHS 2005 [19]
with AHS 2018 [24]
RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI)
Andreotti et al. [24] N/A N/A N/A N/A 1.12 (0.83-1.51)
De Roos (2005) [19] 1.1 (0.7, 1.9) 1.1 (0.7, 1.9) 1.1 (0.7, 1.9) 0.8 (0.5, 1.4) N/A
De Roos (2003) [15] 2.1 (1.1,4.0) 2.1 (1.1,4.0) 1.6 (0.9, 2.8) 2.1 (1.1,4.0) 2.1 (1.1,4.0)
Eriksson et al. [16] 2.0 (1.1,3.7) 1.51 (0.77, 2.94) 1.51 (0.77, 2.94) 2.36 (1.04, 5.37) 2.36 (1.04, 5.37)
Hardell et al. [17] 3.0 (1.1, 8.5) 1.85 (0.55, 6.20) 1.85 (0.55, 6.20) 1.85 (0.55, 6.20) 1.85 (0.55, 6.20)
McDuffie et al. [42] 1.2 (0.8, 1.7) 1.20 (0.83, 1.74) 1.20 (0.83, 1.74) 2.12 (1.20, 3.73) 2.12 (1.20, 3.73)
Orsi et al. [18] 1.0 (0.5, 2.2) 1.0 (0.5, 2.2) 1.0 (0.5, 2.2) 1.0 (0.5, 2.2) 1.0 (0.5, 2.2)
meta-RR (95% CI) 1.45 (1.08, 1.95)c 1.30 (1.03, 1.64) 1.27 (1.01, 1.59) 1.45 (1.11, 1.91) 1.41 (1.13, 1.75)

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; meta-RR, meta-relative risk; RR, relative risk;

a

In their published reports, meta-RRs and their 95% confidence intervals were rounded to one digit right of the decimal point.

b

Findings from Model 1, the primary analysis, are reported here.

c

Random effects model.